A novel yeast-based tool to detect mutagenic and recombinogenic effects simultaneously

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 652, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-29

  Schafer, B ^a   Neffgen, A ^a   Klinner, U ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aniline; Benomyl; MNNG; Monitoring of genotoxic effects; Mutagens; Phenotype profiling; Recombinogens; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; BENOMYL; FLUOROOROTIC ACID; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTOXICITY; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; YEAST;

ALGORITHMS; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; BENOMYL; CARCINOGENS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTATION; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YEASTS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 40849099992     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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